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Kenseth passed Kyle Busch with 25 laps to go then held Busch off on a restart to win his first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

With his car sliding all over the track, Jeff Gordon held off teammate Jimmie Johnson over a thrilling last 10 laps Tuesday to win the rain-delayed NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Ryan Hunter-Reay raced to his first IndyCar victory of the year on Sunday after a slippery, crash-marred finish that left drivers upset that it was restarted in rain with about 10 laps left.

Kevin Harvick needed overtime to take the checkered flag. Harvick stretched his fuel over extra laps and an extra day, breaking free on the green-white checkered finish to win the Trucks Series race on Sunday at Pocono Raceway.

Regan Smith moved in front on a caution nine laps from the end and survived a green-white-checkered finish to win the Southern 500 for his first Sprint Cup victory Saturday night.

Jimmie Johnson is back in championship form. He surged past Kurt Busch with two laps left to win the Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Dario Franchitti drove 199 nearly flawless laps, then survived the last one with a huge break from a spectacular crash to win the Indianapolis 500 for the second time in four years.

Kyle Busch outduels Jeff Gordon in last laps to win at Richmond.

Denny Hamlin and crew chief Mike Ford were in a tough spot, leading a race with a dominant car and eight laps to go when a caution forced a decision.

Johnson grabbed his first career win Sunday at Bristol with a masterful final 10 laps, denying Busch a victory in a race he had dominated.